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"Great power tables and beautiful wood. Teak is not too expensive in China? Also, how many Chinese RR modellers are in O and HO scales???? Cheers!"

 

My business, yacht building, buys teak by the log, complete with elephant trunk notch.

 

More China HO, mostly Bachman. I might be the only "0" gauge modeller and certainly the only toy train collector.

Posting 2 pictures of my cabinet.  If you're handy you can make this.  I used 3/4" oak ply and installed European hinges on both doors.  Mounted outside pilot switch on side of cabinet and when thrown, all power comes on at once powering to the entire layout. Back of the cabinet houses 2 power strips for all connections.  The cabinet mounted on four 2 inch wheel casters for mobility. 

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  • Cabinet for my train controls
  • Cabinet inside

 You my want to consider some low level lighting if you run "lights out". A small desk lamp is nice.

 This crossing gate light is running off the kw. The red is not distracting like white, and I see the controls fine with it. Simply the original & an angle bracket fastened to a push-pin corkboard tray, sitting on an old computer desk/entertainment center. The tray is put on the floor to the left for bench access. if the pullout keyboard tray isn't strong enough support for a project.

It runs with a shelf layout.

 My Grandfathers PW stand was not pretty, but had an angled top, hinges, and opened like a car hood with prop-up bars, and stop chains, because opening too far created too much hinge strain, the ZWs weight would keep them open well. On the "doors/hatches", two ZWs(4total) each, on two hatches, and KWs or ZWs for lights, some accessories, and switch controls on the other.

 

 

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